A true friend
Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.
Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.
Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.
FRIENDSHIP, FRIENDSHIP AT FIRST SIGHT
You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.